Namibia

This page contains some of my old Namibia photos. I also created a
separate page with (newer) photos from our
2010 Namibia
holiday.

The "Jetty" at Swakopmund. An amazing piece of German
engineering that is unfortunately slowly disappearing despite
various efforts to save it.

The first wooden jetty, completed in 1905, was damaged by
borer worm Teredo navalis and construction of iron jetty began
in 1911. Proposed length of 640 metres was enough to offload
vessels without usage of smaller boats but by the beginning of
World War 1 only 262 meters were completed. First repairs were
done in 1986 and now the second replacement of badly corroded
iron structures (the site was closed for pedestrians in 1998) is
under way.

The Khomas Hochland just outside of Windhoek. It seams to go
on forever.

Some friends (Jack Wright in the front and Eugene Marais in
the back) climbing the dunes in the Kuiseb river mouth close to
Walvis Bay.

The road to nowhere! If you turned around it looked exactly
the same! This was close to Walvis Bay.

The great explorer! Somewhere along the road to Walvis Bay.

The famous Dune 7 just outside of Walvis Bay.

The Namib. The oldest desert in the world and the only desert
on the western coast of a continent. If you look carefully, you
can just make out the Atlantic Ocean in the distance.